Thomas A. Pilcher
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Thomas A. Pilcher, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Riverton

Riverton
801-213-3599

  • Thomas A. Pilcher, MD is a specialist in pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology. He has special training to treat children with all forms of heart rhythm disorders and performs procedures in children and adults with congenital heart disease. He performs intracardiac ablations of abnormal heart rhythms and implants cardiac rhythm intervention devices such as pacemakers and automatic internal cardioverter defibrillators (AICD).

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
    International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (Physician/EP)

  • Thomas A. Pilcher, MD is a specialist in pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology. He has special training to treat children with all forms of heart rhythm disorders and performs procedures in children and adults with congenital heart disease. He performs intracardiac ablations of abnormal heart rhythms and implants cardiac rhythm intervention devices such as pacemakers and automatic internal cardioverter defibrillators (AICD).

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Internal Medicine -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Cardiovascular Medicine
    Cardiology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
    International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (Physician/EP)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Electrophysiology - Medical University of South Carolina Fellow
    Pediatric Cardiology - Medical University of South Carolina Fellow
    Residency Pediatrics - Baylor College of Medicine Resident
    Pediatrics - Baylor College of Medicine Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Baylor College of Medicine M.D.
    Physics - Baylor University M.S.
    Undergraduate Physics - Baylor University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Alexander ME, Gongwer R, Trachtenberg FL, Minich LL, Triedman JK, Kaltman JR, Czosek RJ, Tristani-Firouzi M, LaPage MJ, Tsao SS, Radbill AE, DiLorenzo MP, Kovach JR, Stephenson EA, Janson C, Mao C, Salerno JC, Clark BC, Mahgerefteh J, Pilcher T, Johnson TR, Kim JJ, Valdes SO, Cain N, Jackson L, Saarel EV, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2024). Limited Relationship Between Echocardiographic Measures and Electrocardiographic Markers of Left Ventricular Size in Healthy Children. Pediatr Cardiol, 45(5), 1055-1063. (Read full article)
    2. Ramdat Misier NL, Moore JP, Nguyen HH, Lloyd MS, Dubin AM, Mah DY, Czosek RJ, Khairy P, Chang PM, Nielsen JC, Aydin A, Pilcher TA, OLeary ET, Shivkumar K, de Groot NMS (2024). Long-Term Outcomes of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: A Multicenter Study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 17(3), e012363. (Read full article)
    3. Niu MC, Pilcher TA, Etheridge SP (2024). Before it is too late: pre-emptive ablation strategies in tetralogy of Fallot. Europace, 26(3). (Read full article)
    4. Headrick A, Ou Z, Asaki SY, Etheridge SP, Hammond B, Gakenheimer-Smith L, Pilcher T, Niu M (2023). Intracardiac echocardiography in paediatric and congenital cardiac ablation shortens procedure duration and improves success without complications. Europace, 26(2). (Read full article)
    5. Gakenheimer-Smith L, Ou Z, Kuang J, Moore JP, Burrows A, Kovach J, Dechert B, Beach CM, Ayers M, Tan RB, Mostafavifar M, Mah DY, Conner TM, Turpin S, Avasarala K, Shah MJ, Webster G, Posey J, Etheridge SP, Binka E, Niu M, Asaki SY, Lambert LM, Pilcher TA (2023). Multicenter retrospective evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. Heart Rhythm, 20(12), 1752-1758. (Read full article)
    6. Barfuss SB, Samayoa JC, Etheridge SP, Pilcher TA, Asaki SY, Ou Z, Boucek DM, Martin MH, Gray RG, Niu MC (2023). Ventricular arrhythmias following balloon-expandable transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement in the native right ventricular outflow tract. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. (Read full article)
    7. Kharbanda RK, Moore JP, Lloyd MS, Galotti R, Bogers AJJC, Taverne YJHJ, Madhavan M, McLeod CJ, Dubin AM, Mah DY, Chang PM, Kamp AN, Nielsen JC, Aydin A, Tanel RE, Shah MJ, Pilcher T, Evertz R, Khairy P, Tan RB, Czosek RJ, Shivkumar K, de Groot NMS (2022). Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Adult Patients With a Failing Systemic Right Ventricle: A Multicenter Study. J Am Heart Assoc, 11(22), e025121. (Read full article)
    8. Newlon C, Asaki SY, Pilcher TA, Ou Z, Etheridge SP, Niu MC (2022). The high-density grid catheter: A safe adjunctive tool in pediatric and complex congenital heart disease patients. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. (Read full article)
    9. Moore JP, Gallotti RG, Shannon KM, Blais BA, DeWitt ES, Chiu SN, Spar DS, Fish FA, Shah MJ, Ernst S, Khairy P, Kanter RJ, Chang PM, Pilcher T, Law IH, Silver ES, Wu MH (2021). Multicenter Outcomes of Catheter Ablation for Atrioventricular Reciprocating Tachycardia Mediated by Twin Atrioventricular Nodes. JACC Clin Electrophysiol, 8(3), 322-330. (Read full article)
    10. von Alvensleben JC, Dechert B, Bradley DJ, Fish FA, Moore JP, Pilcher TA, Escudero C, Ceresnak SR, Kwok SY, Balaji S, Aziz PF, Papagiannis J, Cortez D, Garnreiter J, Kean A, Schfer M, Collins KK (2020). Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease: A Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society Multicenter Review. JACC Clin Electrophysiol, 6(14), 1752-1761. (Read full article)
    11. Gakenheimer-Smith L, Etheridge SP, Niu MC, Ou Z, Presson AP, Whitaker P, Su J, Puchalski MD, Asaki SY, Pilcher T (2020). MRI in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients with CIEDs and epicardial or abandoned leads. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 43(8), 797-804. (Read full article)
    12. Tate JD, Pilcher TA, Aras KK, Burton BM, MacLeod RS (2019). Validating defibrillation simulation in a human-shaped phantom. Heart Rhythm, 17(4), 661-668. (Read full article)
    13. Moore JP, Gallotti R, Shannon KM, Pilcher T, Vinocur JM, Cano, Kean A, Mondesert B, Nrnberg JH, Schaller RD, Sharma PS, Nishimura T, Tung R (2020). Permanent conduction system pacing for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: A Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES)/International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ISACHD) Collaborative Study. Heart Rhythm. (Read full article)
    14. Pilcher, TA (2019). The Role of Atrial Arrhythmia Ablation in Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep, 13(5).
    15. Tate J, Stinstra J, Pilcher T, Poursaid A, Jolley MA, Saarel E, Triedman J, MacLeod RS (2018). Measuring defibrillator surface potentials: The validation of a predictive defibrillation computer model. Comput Biol Med, 102, 402-410. (Read full article)
    16. Mah DY, Sleeper LA, Crosson JE, Czosek RJ, Love BA, McCrindle BW, Muio-Mosquera L, Olson AK, Pilcher TA, Tierney ESS, Shah MJ, Wechsler SB, Young LT, Lacro RV (2018). Frequency of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Other Rhythm Abnormalities in Children and Young Adults With the Marfan Syndrome. Am J Cardiol, 122(8), 1429-1436. (Read full article)
    17. Tate J, Pilcher T, Aras K, Burton B, MacLeod R (2015). Verification of a Defibrillation Simulation Using Internal Electric Fields in a Human Shaped Phantom. Comput Cardiol (2010), 2014, 689-692. (Read full article)
    18. Etheridge SP, Bowles NE, Arrington CB, Pilcher T, Rope A, Wilde AA, Alders M, Saarel EV, Tavernier R, Timothy KW, Tristani-Firouzi M (2011). Somatic mosaicism contributes to phenotypic variation in Timothy syndrome. Am J Med Genet A, 155A(10), 2578-83. (Read full article)

    Abstract

    1. Niu M, Asaki Y, Kelly M, Grau L, Powell L, Pilcher T (2019). Orientation independent high density catheter improves substrate mapping in complex congenital heart disease. [Abstract].
    2. Lindsey Gakenheimer-Smith MD, Susan Etheridge MD, Zhining Ou MS, Angela Presson PhD, Patricia Whitaker, Jason Su MD, Michael Puchalski MD, Yuki Asaki MD, Mary Niu MD, Thomas Pilcher MD (2018). Feasibility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices with Epicardial or Abandoned Leads [Abstract].